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Goodreads' Greatest Books by Women - Page 2

As voted by Goodreads members, these are the most popular books written by women. What do you think?
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A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
41
Madeleine L'engle
The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Secret Life of Bees
42
Sue Monk Kidd
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
43
Dodie Smith
Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lindgren)
Pippi Longstocking
44
Astrid Lindgren
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
45
Zora Neale Hurston
A Wizard of Earthsea (Ursula K. Le Guin)
A Wizard of Earthsea
46
Ursula K. Le Guin
Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)
Oryx and Crake
47
Margaret Atwood
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
48
Carson McCullers
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
49
Anne Brontë
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
50
Zadie Smith
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
Possession
51
A.S. Byatt
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
52
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Memoirs of Hadrian (Marguerite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian
53
Marguerite Yourcenar
The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
The God of Small Things
54
Arundhati Roy
The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
55
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
The Red Tent
56
Anita Diamant
My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult)
My Sister's Keeper
57
Jodi Picoult
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
58
Betty Smith
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
59
Virginia Woolf
Mockingjay (Suzanne Collins)
Mockingjay
60
Suzanne Collins
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
61
Jane Austen
Everything That Rises Must Converge (Flannery O'Connor)
Everything That Rises Must Converge
62
Flannery O'Connor
Out of Africa (Isak Dinesen)
Out of Africa
63
Isak Dinesen
Villette (Charlotte Brontë)
Villette
64
Charlotte Brontë
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
65
Virginia Woolf
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
66
Willa Cather
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
67
Doris Lessing
The Shipping News (Annie Proulx)
The Shipping News
68
Annie Proulx
The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern)
The Night Circus
69
Erin Morgenstern
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
70
Virginia Woolf
Room (Emma Donoghue)
Room
71
Emma Donoghue
Girl With a Pearl Earring (Tracy Chevalier)
Girl With a Pearl Earring
72
Tracy Chevalier
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
73
Donna Tartt
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
74
Alison Bechdel
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
75
Isabel Allende
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
76
Simone De Beauvoir
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
77
Elizabeth Gaskell
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
78
Jean Rhys
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
79
Elizabeth Kostova
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
80
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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